On This Day
1499 – Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.[1]
Amapá ([amaˈpa] (listen)) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the North Region of Brazil. It is the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest. The capital and largest city is Macapá. The state has 0.4% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for only 0.22% of the Brazilian GDP.
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1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
The Battle of Antioch (1098) was a military engagement fought between the Christian forces of the First Crusade and a Muslim coalition led by Kerbogha, atabeg of Mosul. Kerbogha’s goal was to reclaim Antioch from the Crusaders and affirm his position as a regional power.
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Born On This Day
850 – Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (d. 902)
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad (Arabic: أبو اسحاق ابراهيم الثاني) (27 June 850 – 23 October 902) was the Emir of Ifriqiya. He ruled from 875 until his abdication in 902. After the demise of his brother, Ibrahim was endorsed as emir where he took steps to improve safety in his domain and secured the development of commercial activities. He improved public works, such as building a vast reservoir, erecting walls as well as the development of mosques and his Raqqada palace.
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1243 – Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304)
Emperor Go-Fukakusa (後深草天皇, Go-Fukakusa-tennō, 28 June 1243 – 17 August 1304) was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260.[1]
This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Ninmyō[2] and go- (後), translates literally as “later”, and thus he could be called the “Later Emperor Fukakusa”. The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the “second one”; and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as “Fukakusa, the second”, or as “Fukakusa II”.
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Bobby Van Osborne[1] (December 7, 1931 – June 27, 2023) was an American bluegrass musician. He was the co-founder (with his brother Sonny Osborne) of the Osborne Brothers and a member of the Grand Ole Opry[2] and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.[3] Osborne was a member of the United States Marine Corps who received a Purple Heart for his service and was honorably discharged in 1953.[4][5]
Osborne was an instructor of bluegrass music at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music[6] in Hyden, Kentucky, and his primary instrument was the mandolin.[3][7]
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